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RAG systems often fail not because the language model is not strong enough, but because the retrieval stage fails to provide sufficient evidence.
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UnverifiedWhen a RAG system fails, the problem is often in the data pipeline rather than the model itself; an error in any link such as the chunking strategy, the choice of vector store, or the consistency of the Embedding model will lead to retrieval failure.79% similarUnverifiedLimitations of RAG include that poor quality of retrieved documents, retrieval failures, and the model ignoring retrieved evidence (attention drift) can still lead to hallucinations.74% similarVerifiedRAG has two vulnerabilities: the model may still misread or misuse the context when processing it, and the retrieved context itself may be incorrect or irrelevant.74% similarUnverifiedThe most common failure mode in RAG is not failing to find an answer, but retrieving content that should not have been used.73% similar
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